Category: Vaccine
EMA Vaccine Strategy Chief Marco Cavaleri: “increasingly difficult to say that there is no cause and effect relationship between vaccination with AstraZeneca and very rare cases of unusual blood clots”
Marco Cavaleri is responsible for the vaccine strategy of EMA, the European drug agency. More...
Ireland: HPRA has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has said it has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. More...
Switzerland: Stage III hypertension in patients after mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccination with Pfizer/Biontech & Moderna
On January 11th 2021, the vaccination Center in Lausanne, a city of 140’000 inhabitants in western Switzerland, started the COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA-based vaccines. More...
France: Scientists recommend changing coronavirus vaccination technique after AstraZeneca thrombosis investigation
Thus, one of the hypotheses linking the vaccine to the occurrence of severe thrombosis could be an accidental intravenous injection which, in the presence of factors not fully identified, would generate a discordant immune reaction with activation of the platelets, potentially associated with a NET effect or with a decrease in the level of ACE2 on the surface of endothelial cells, leading to an increased risk of thrombosis. More...
Chile heads back into coronavirus lockdown despite massive vaccination campaign with Sinovac vaccine
Chile’s big coronavirus vaccine bet on China’s Sinovac shots. More...
Nigeria ditches AstraZeneca VaxZevria coronavirus vaccine in favour of Johnson & Johnson
The Nigerian government has quietly ditched the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine meant to vaccinate tens of millions of citizens, and will gradually shift to the Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine, saying it is easier to administer. More...
France: 12 cases of thromboembolic disorders following Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine, 4 deaths
“As part of our enhanced surveillance of thromboembolic disorders, 3 new cases of thrombosis of the large veins of atypical locations associated with thrombocytopenia and/or coagulation disorders were analyzed during the weekly monitoring committee of the ANSM with the network French CRPVs (12 cases in total since the start of vaccination, including 4 deaths). More...
Netherlands decides to completely halt use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine VaxZevria
The Dutch municipal healthcare centers GGDs have now stopped administering AstraZeneca vaccines completely to prevent waste. More...
Australia reports first case of blood clots following AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
Australia’s medical authorities are monitoring the first reported case of a rare clotting disorder following a COVID-19 jab. More...
Family of French woman who died of thrombosis after AstraZeneca vaccine take legal action for manslaughter
The family of a 38-year-old woman who died of a thrombosis after having the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine is taking legal action for “manslaughter”. More...